Face-treating device



May 13, 1930. T. H. LARSON 1,758,286

FACE TREATING DEVI CE Fi led Dec. 16, 1927 z E JG fiaadare @1290 Milli;

Patented May 13, 1930 PATENT OFFICE THEODORE H. LARSON, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS FACE-TREATING DEVICE Application filed December 16, 1927.Serial No. 240,351.

This invention relates to an improved face treating device constructedin the form of a mask and having a heating element formed thereinwhereby the face of a wearer of the device may be heated to produceperspiration to thoroughly open the pores preparatory to applyingmassaging creams and the like used in facial treatments.

It is an object of this invention to provide a combination mask andheating element for use in facial treatments.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a face treating deviceconsisting of the combination of a mask having an electrical heatingelement imbedded between the layers thereof.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a face treatingdevice consisting of the combination of a mask and an electrical heatingelement mounted therein, said mask having the margin of the inner facethereof provided with a suitable marginal rim or pad, which acts tospace the inner surface of the mask from the face of a wearer, therebyproviding a chamber between the mask and the face of a wearer to permitcirculation to take place.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a person wearlng an improved facetreating device embodying the principles of this invention, and showingthe position of the heating element in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of he mash having the outer coveringremoved and showing the position 01' the heating element.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section of the lower portionof the device taken on the line IIIIII of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section of the device takenon the line IVIV of Figure 1.

As shown on the drawings:

The reference numeral 1 indicates the head of a person wearing animproved face treating device embodying the principles of thisinvention.

The improved device comprises a front shell or mask 2, shapedcomplementally to the face of a person and having eye openings 3 and amouth opening 4. The mask is also provided with a nose portion 5.

The mask is constructed of an outer facing of velvet or other suitablematerial, provided with a buckram stiffening lining which serves tomaintain the mask in proper shape. The device is provided with a rearmask section, shaped complementally to the shape of the front masksection, and comprising a buck ram section 6, having pasted or otherwisesecured to the interior thereof a. felt lining 7.

Stitched or otherwise secured on the front face of the inner masksection 6 is an insulated heating element looped across the foreheadsection of the mask 6 to form a fore head loop 8, the ends of which areconducted downwardly over the cheek portions of the mask section 6 andlooped backwardly and forwardly to form cheek sections 9, the ends ofwhich continue downwardly from opposite sides of the mask section 6 andform a lower face or chin section 10. The ends of the wires are twistedto form a cord 11, which leads from the mask and has an electrical plug12 attached to the end thereof, adapted to be inserted in an electricalsocket.

The forehead loop 8 of the heating element is provided with a doubleinsulation 13, while the chin section 10 is provided with doubleinsulation portions 14. The rear mask section 6 is engaged in the frontmask section 2 and is spaced therefrom by the heating element to afforda chamber 15 between the front and rear mask sections.

The margins of the front and rear mask sections are secured together bymeans of a binding cord or tape 16. Secured around the margin of thefelt lining 7 of the inner mask section is a felt pad I7, adapted toseat against the face of a wearer and hold the inner felt lining 7,spaced from the wearers face, so that a circulating chamber is providedbetween the mask and the face of a wearer.

Attached to the side margins of the front mask section are the ends ofan elastic band 18 or the like, adapted to fit around the head of thewearer to hold the face treating device in place.

The improved face treating device may be readily engaged on the face ofa wearer and is held in place by the elastic band 18. The plug 12 isthen engaged in an electric socket, so that the heating element betweenthe buck,- ram linings of the device will become heated and graduallyheat the face of a wearer, causing the pores of the skin to open andproduce perspiration.

" After the face has been thoroughly heated and cleansed by theapplicaton of heat from the face treating device, the device may beremoved and theface treated with massaging creams and the like,depending upon the facial treatment which is to be given.

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through a wide range without departing fromthe principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do not purposelimiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by theprior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A face treating device comprising a front mask section constructed ofvelvet, a buckram lining therefor, a rear mask section constructed ofbuckram, a felt lining therefor, an electrical heating element securedto the rear mask section, an electric cord and plug connected with saidheating element,

means for securing the mask sections together to enclose the heatingelement, a marginal pad formed on the felt lining of the rear masksection to space the mask from the face of a wearer, and means connectedto the connected mask sections to permit the device to be held inposition upon the face of a patient.

2. A face treating device comprising front and rear mask sections, anelectrical heating element positioned between said mask sec:

tions, a cord and plug connected withsaid electrical heating element,means for securing said mask sections together, and a marginal padattached to the connected mask sections and adapted to contact the faceof a patient to space said mask from the patients face for providing acirculating chamber between the rear mask section and the patients face.i i

3. A face treating device comprising a mask, an electrical heatingelement therein, means for connecting said heating element with a sourceof electrical energy, and a pad attached to the mask to hold the samespaced from the face of a patient to aflord a circulat-in g chamberbetween the mask and the face of the patient.

4. The combination with a face treating mask, of a heating elementmounted therein, and a marginal pad formed on said mask to hold the samespaced from the face of a wearer.

5. The combination with a face treating mask, of an electrical heatingelement mounted in said. mask, said heating element arranged with cheekportions, adapted to apply a greater amount of heat to the cheeks of apatient than to the otherparts of a'persons face and means on the maskfor providing a circulating chamber between the mask and the face of aperson wearing the mask.

6. A face treating device comprising a mask, means for spacing the samefrom the face of a wearer, a felt inner facing for said mask, buckramlinings between the mask and said felt facing, and a heating elementmounted between said buckram linings.

7. A face treating device comprising. a front mask section, a rear masksection, a heating element mounted between saidma'sk sections to holdthe same spaced from one another, means for connecting the mask sectionsto enclose the space between said sections, a peripheral pad secured tothe rear mask section, adapted to hold said mask section spaced from thefaceof a patient wear THEODORE H. LARSON.

